https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7idcKLbdIY "Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez." -IMDB Touching documentary. Rodriguez sounds like someone it would be cool to hang out with.
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Quarantine Double Feature: Judy followed by Judy Garland Live at Carnegie Hall (1961)
Judy, available on Amazon Prime for $2.99, followed by Judy Garland Live at Carnegie Hall (1961). The movie is an outstanding performance by Renée Zellweger that really helps in understanding why Judy Garland was such a beloved figure. Then, listening to her Judy Garland live in one of the greatest live albums ever recorded? Well, … Continue reading Quarantine Double Feature: Judy followed by Judy Garland Live at Carnegie Hall (1961)
Obscure or Underseen Films
"...[a list of] obscure [or] underseen films you adore and think more people should know about..."
Mubi
"Every day our experts introduce you to a film they love and you have a whole month to watch it, so there will always be 30 extraordinary films for you to enjoy."—Mubi Streaming service of 30 films for $10.99/month. Every day, one new film is added and a film that has been available for 30 … Continue reading Mubi
Roger Ebert’s List of Great Movies
A nice companion list to the BFI's lists of great films. -https://www.rogerebert.com/great-movies
Analysis: The Greatest Films of All Time 2012 | BFI
"Once a decade Sight & Sound asks critics to select the Greatest Films of All Time." —Analysis: The Greatest Films of All Time 2012 Of the Top 10 of the Director's Top 100, I haven't seen: Tokyo Story, 8 1/2, Mirror, and Bicycle Thieves. Resolved: see these four films by the end of the year.
Salafistes
"Salafistes is, from start to finish, a gruesome film. Originally shot in Timbuktu after the town fell under jihadist control in 2012, the documentary takes place over the course of four years—first, with live footage of life under Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in Mali; later, using propaganda videos from the Islamic State in … Continue reading Salafistes
Very Slow Movie Player (VSMP)
https://vimeo.com/307806967 "VSMP is an object that contains a Raspberry Pi computer, custom software, and a reflective ePaper display (similar to a Kindle), all housed inside a 3D printed case. Every 2.5 minutes a frame from the film stored on the computer’s memory card is extracted, converted to black and white using a dithering algorithm, and … Continue reading Very Slow Movie Player (VSMP)
The Rating Rabbit Hole
Note: This was written in August of 2015, before cafebedouin.org existed. I rediscovered it recently and thought the point is still a valid one and worth sharing. tl;dr: Algorithms have a bias toward the status quo and present a threat to our cultural production. (2,600 words) Shortly after the start of the Afghanistan war, Osama … Continue reading The Rating Rabbit Hole
Double Feature: The Dark Crystal & Legend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ5_0CEXrf0 Released in 1982 by Jim Henson and Frank Oz, this weird, animatronic, psychedelic fantasy world is worth a (re)watch, if you haven't seen it (recently). And, why not make it a double feature with Legend? The DVD has Ridley Scott's remastered version that is, by all accounts, a much better movie than the theatrical … Continue reading Double Feature: The Dark Crystal & Legend
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